Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Rimple isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Gifted from a young age, Rimple studied abroad. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Red garnet (60 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her hair is short and black. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She hates Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has styled her blue hair well, parting it to the right. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born in the north to a Tailor, Lilith learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her first spouse was a Tanner, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.